In episode 10 of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna and Leena Reghunath are joined by public policy professionals Tara Krishnaswamy and Tushar Chakrabarthy, and lawyer Sandhya Raju, who practises in the Kerala High Court.
The panelists first discuss whether the union government is messing the finances of relatively richer southern states. Or are states themselves responsible for their fiscal woes?
The conversation then turns to the sexual assault of a Dalit teen in Kerala’s Pattanamthitta. The teen has accused 58 men of raping her.
Tune in for an in-depth discussion.
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Timecodes
00:00:00:00 - Introductions
00:00:48:00 - Announcements
00:02:24:00 - Headlines
00:06:39:00 - States vs Union
00:41:07:00 - Pattanamthitta rape case
01:11:03:00 - Recommendations
References
Rise of the cults reporting project
Paisa vasool? Decoding unfairness in Union’s tax devolution to south states
From childhood friend to 57 others: How a Kerala teen’s nightmare of abuse unfolded
An orchestrated nightmare: A sexual assault that unmasked Malayalam cinema
Franco judgment disregards the power bishops have within the church
Recommendations
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The Anarchy by Willam Dalrymple
Sandhya Raju
Law & Gender Inequality: The Politics of Women' Rights in India by Agnes Flavia
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A drop in the ocean by Syeda Hameed
Leena Reghunath
Palestine by Joe Sacco
Pooja Prasanna
History will judge the complicit
Dhanya Rajendran
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and the Collapse of the Hollywood #MeToo Era
The Delhi Model by Jasmine Shah
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